| makingmusic476 said: Actually, Nintendo owned 49% stock in Rare, but did not sell that stock to MS. They just sold it, who knows why. Then MS came in and bought Rare for $375 mil. Nintendo didn't really make any money from the deal. All they did was lose a AAA developer. Games like Kameo and PD0, while not as good as previous Rare games, still could've helped Nintendo during the GC era. Think about it, the Wii could be getting more games like Banjo 3 to make up for the shovelware that will inevitably plague the console like it plagues the ps2. |
If Nintendo sold 49% of the share of that company I'm sure they made a small fortune. The GC was a very successfuly console for Nintendo financially. I'm not saying Rare couldn't have made some more good games, but the only good game they have made since they left is Viva Pinata, which would have been admittedly much more successful on the Wii. I'm more interested in what they are going to have Monolith make than in Rare's development future.
Legend, I really don't think they want to make Halo anymore. As you yourself said all their interviews imply interest in new IPs rather than more Halo. The only thing Halo they ever say they are working on is the colaboration with Peter Jackson, which they are contractually obligated to work on since before they bought themselves back. Their interview is worded nicely, but reading between the lines it doesn't seem like they want to make Halo anymore. They Finished the Fight. They are leaving it to Microsoft to milk it and start another fight.
